International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE)
Vol 15, No 4: August 2026

Modernizing geography teacher education through STEAM integration to enhance geoecological competence

Roza Mukhitdinova (Zhetysu University named after I.Zhansugurov)
Kuat Baymyrzayev (Zhetysu University named after I.Zhansugurov)
Murat Auyelbek (Zhetysu University named after I.Zhansugurov)



Article Info

Publish Date
05 Aug 2026

Abstract

This study examines the effectiveness of integrating science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) into geography teacher education to enhance geoecological competence among prospective teachers. A mixed-methods pedagogical experiment was conducted with 178 undergraduate students from two pedagogical universities in Kazakhstan, including an experimental group (n=90) and a control group (n=88). The intervention involved the integration of interdisciplinary STEAM projects, digital modeling, geographic information systems (GIS), and practice-oriented tasks focused on regional geoecological problems. Data were collected through curriculum analysis, tests, questionnaires, project evaluation, reflective reports, and expert assessment. The results revealed statistically significant improvement in the experimental group across the cognitive, activity-based, value-motivational, and reflective components of geoecological competence compared with the control group (p

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Abbrev

IJERE

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Subject

Education

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The International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE) is an interdisciplinary publication of original research and writing on education which publishes papers to international audiences of educational researchers. The IJERE aims to provide a forum for scholarly understanding of ...